Willy Station Wagon made in Argentina by Kaiser Frazer, this one a toy scale model from the real one, sacle 1;45 Made by Hand and in Resin from original planes of the station wagon. Kaiser Willy Toys made in Argentina. When you purchase an item at the Buenos Aires Toy Museum all profits are invested in the development of the Museum. When buying a toy from our Toy Museum you're not only buying a bit of the History of Argentina, but also contributing to the conservation of vintage and antiques toys, and to furthering the museum's research project on Argentine toy industries and to rescue valuable items for forget and the pass of time. Thank you for helping us to keep on developing this fantastic project! The Buenos Aires, “Toy Museum Team”. For more information :Email: The Buenos Aires Toy Museum, Bob Frassinetti. Press here to go to the Toy Museum :The Buenos Aires Toy Museum, Argentina. Bob Frassinetti

To most world wide Buby die cast collectors, the story of Buby’s scale train is a mystery, for it’s most common that people talk about Buby’s car and truck products. These are always a valuable gem within any die cast collection for their design and top quality.

The story of Buby’s train is truly incredible.

This is what Buby himself told us when we last interviewed him…

“I'll tell you an anecdote just to make my point: When Martinez the Hoz (the economy minister from 1976 -1980) laid down the barrels for imported goods, we had just made an incredible battery train with a license of a German company, Falher, an excellent train, imagine how amazing it was that we manufactured some of the parts for the German company. Such was the quality and beauty of this fabulous product that Buenos Aires Harrods had bought a large amount of our trains. In their toy department we had designed a special table to exhibit the items… Very nicely and well done. So, one day I went to Harrods to see how people reacted and felt about our new product; if they liked it, what they thought about it and so. When I get to the stand, there was a lady admiring the train, when she suddenly turns it upside down and with this terribly disappointing voice she says "oh it's Argentine" and as she finishes to say that she puts the train back on the table; she walks away towards the imported section and finally ends up buying this low quality, very cheap Japanese train that underneath had the inscription "MADE IN JAPAN", she actually paid much more money for that item and left the store really happy. People who thought like her where the most, and quality had nothing to do in their equation as to buy or don't buy an item.”

It was then when Buby decided to stick to cars and trucks, a market he knew better. As a matter of fact, the train was a true gem, and nowadays is a coveted item by collectors from all over the world, specially because of the limited edition and the only railway model within Buby’s collections.

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We had brought into consideration the fact that this specific Buby item was never commercialized. This first information was a good starting point. However we wanted to know more. Hence, we contacted the very best immediate source, Mr. Buby. After a great telephone conversation, he agreed to have a word with us on the record about this matter. He first told us about his business relation with Fiat Argentina. Some years before he was approached by the Fiat executives to produce a scale model of the 700s CONCORD Fiat tractor, he had already been working together with Fiat Argentina. The first two Fiat models done in scale by Buby were the Fiat 1500 and the Fiat 1500 Pick up. These two items were a total success; and the executives at Fiat were very pleased with Buby's work. Faithful scale reproduction of outstanding vehicles was just what they were looking for. Parents would drive the newest Fiat models and kids would play with them, dreaming about driving them one day through the lovely Argentinean landscape. Then, when Fiat Argentina had produced it's first tractor in Argentina, they contacted Buby again to produce a scale model of their brand new tractor. Buby then got to work, they accessed the tractors blueprints at Fiat’s headquarters in Belgrano, Buenos Aires; and with all that confidential information plus a great deal of talent and vision, Buby came up with an outstanding item. "The scale tractor was a refined piece", says Mr, Buby, when we ask him about his impressions back then. He continues to tell us " we had included direction, when you turned the wheel, tires moved, even the back ploughing moved and had gorgeous details such as the grating. The engine cover was removable." No doubt about it this item expressed Buby's great capability of producing high quality, great fidelity and beautiful auto- models. Mr. Buby comments agree with our previous article. And there's a plus, for he had told us that "this item is more a collectible than a toy item, for it 's delicacy and fidelity with the original tractor". We might add, this was Buby’s first approach to the production of collectibles for collectors, caring greatly about faithfulness, quality and design; many years latter he would retake this road when he launches to the market his Collectors Classics. Back to the Buby tractor, they had produced 10,000 units especially for Fiat. The Buby Company was not to sell this item ever; nor did Fiat, who according to what Mr. Buby told us "had given them away as presents for their special clients and other Fiat bases all over the globe."

The tractor was a success. Buby & Fiat kept on working together developing several new models during the 60s and 70s. From 1973 to 1975 Buby & Fiat worked on several trucks models on a 1:64 scale. Their working together would soon come to an end, not due to personal affairs or arguments, but because the Argentine economy was changing rapidly and soon Buby would have to close it's doors until the mid 1980s.